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Best alternative to a negotiated agreement concept and process

The Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA) concept was first introduced in Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in (Fisher, Ury & Patton, 1991)

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Economic factors and relationship quality: correlations and complexity

The quality of a relationship is based upon many multidimensional and rather complex interactions, expectations, and behaviors, all governed by an equally complex set of personal perceptions and functions.

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Door-holding behavior and social norms in public settings

Public behavior of individuals often reflects social patterns and interpersonal dynamics that may not be readily apparent without careful observation (Henslin, 2005; Macionis, 2006).

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Validity and reliability in experimental testing and measurement

When one is discussing experimental results, two terms become very important: validity and reliability. Validity refers to "the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure" (Cherry, 2011, Validity). Reliability refers to "the consistency of a measure.

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Reaction time performance in random versus regular stimulus interval sequences

Reaction time is defined as the time interval in between the perception of an external stimulus and the response of the individual perceiving that external stimulus (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2009).

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Internet gaming addiction in contemporary South Korea

The PBS Frontline documentary Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier raises many important issues on the ways that computers and all forms of modern digital media are changing human societies and cultures.

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Integrating Watson's caring theory and Roy's adaptation model in nursing practice

The history of nursing includes foundational shifts of perspective that were, at least in the past, largely functions of the limitations of the discipline in the pre-scientific era of medicine.

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Metadata privacy risks and enterprise mobile technology adoption

Barnes, Cynthia, and Cavaliere, Frank. (2009). To Teach or Not to Teach: The Ethics of Metadata. Education, 129(4), 788-792.

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Public opinion's influence on federal criminal justice policy

Explain how policy is made and implemented in criminal justice. An article in the journal Political Behavior explains how the development of public policy in the federal criminal justice system in fact is sometimes made in response to public opinion.

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Kohlberg's theory of moral development and educational implications

Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development consists of three specific stages: Level I or "Preconventional Morality," Level II or "Conventional Morality," and Level III or "Postconventional Morality" (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2008).

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